CVE-2023-5158

CVSS 3.1 Score 5.5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Sep 25, 2023
Updated: Nov 7, 2023
CWE ID 684

Summary

CVE-2023-5158 is a newly identified vulnerability affecting the Linux Kernel's virtio ring driver. Specifically, it lies within the vringh_kiov_advance function in drivers/vhost/vringh.c. This issue allows a guest system to induce a denial of service (DoS) condition on the host side by employing a zero-length descriptor. The flaw, if exploited, may disrupt the normal functioning of the system.

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